An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own

First reported 16 Oct, 04:29 UTCSource: CoinDeskLast editorial activity 16 Oct, 04:29 UTC

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What happened

The research model derived funded Sepolia addresses from public seed phrases, questioned whether using the money was ethical, then called the funds “effectively abandoned” and used them anyway. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco, founded in 2015.

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An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own ↗
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/16/an-openai-agent-ran-out-of-ethereum-funds-and-took-from-a-wallet-it-did-not-own

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